Department profile

Volunteer

Peppers Lake Fire Department

Devalls Bluff, AR · Prairie County. Peppers Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Peppers Lake Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.

22nd pct.
national personnel size
+54%
vs. Arkansas average
1
station

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Peppers Lake Fire Department

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Peppers Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Devalls Bluff, AR (Prairie County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,491 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,491 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #329 of 604
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 13 other listed departments in Prairie County

Peppers Lake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

20 Top 78% higher than 22% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 59012 · Peppers Lake Fire Department, AR 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #17,491
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Capulin
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Capulin Fire Department, NM (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AR department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Devalls Bluff, AR
FDID
59012

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Peppers Lake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #329 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,491 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 54% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster geometry

Prairie County HIFLD mix around Peppers Lake Fire Department

Prairie County: 14 departments, 142 personnel (13 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Capulin Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.